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Question by Bill
Submitted on 6/18/2004
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Any idea what this does?

COMPUTE W50-STD-DEV =  W50-VARIANCE ** 0.5


Answer by SHASHI
Submitted on 7/7/2004
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IT WILL MULTIPLY W50-VARIANCE BY 0.5 TIMES.
** DENOTES EXPONENTIAL OPERATOR.

 

Answer by RICHB
Submitted on 12/8/2004
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Yes, it is the exponential operator.
No, it is not multiplying, it is raising W50-VARIANCE to the 0.5 power, or the 1/2 power, which is equivalent to the square root of W50-VARIANCE.

 

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